Early Early Childhood Songs

Ella Jenkins SFW45015

Eight favorites performed with nursery school children. Features melodies performed on folk instruments followed by playful group exercises for melody recognition. Includes Mary Had a Little Lamb, Farmer in the Dell, and Skip to My Lou. "You hear the fits and starts of hesitant children, at first mumbling ditties like This Old Man, then growing confident, until they sing without self-consciousness..." —Entertainment Weekly
Country(s) United States
Culture Group(s) African American
Keyword(s) Folk songs--United States; Music--Juvenile

Year of Recording 1996
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Performed by Students from Lake Meadows Nursery School ; Mastered by Lea Ann Sonenstein ; Cover artwork by Richard Montgomery

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101	Mary Had a Little Lamb	Ella Jenkins	1:22
102	The Farmer in the Dell	Ella Jenkins	1:44
103	Skip to My Lou	Ella Jenkins	1:50
104	Twinkle Twinkle Little Star	Ella Jenkins	2:07
105	London Bridge	Ella Jenkins	1:32
106	This Old Man	Ella Jenkins	1:38
107	Pop Goes the Weasel	Ella Jenkins	0:43
108	London Bridge	Ella Jenkins	4:00
109	Twinkle Twinkle Little Star	Ella Jenkins	1:14
110	ABC's	Ella Jenkins	0:55
111	Ba-Ba Black Sheep	Ella Jenkins	0:42
112	The Farmer in the Dell	Ella Jenkins	2:31
113	Pop Goes the Weasel	Ella Jenkins	2:48
114	This Old Man	Ella Jenkins	2:51
115	Skip to My Lou	Ella Jenkins	2:50
116	Mary Had a Little Lamb	Ella Jenkins	3:37

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